Apple held its latest iPhone 15 event this week to little fanfare. Once upon a time, I’d call Tim Cook and Steve Jobs’ phones and leave lots of pestering voicemails asking for a press credential, but not so much lately. Unless you’re Huawei operating under sanctions there’s not a lot to be excited about with...
The MGM Grand and several of MGM’s Las Vegas properties came under cyber attack this past Tuesday. The cyber attack was widespread and affected many systems including slot machines and hotel room keys. Cyber attackers were able to disrupt slot machine play leaving slots idle and forced hotel guests to wait in unusually long lines...
We are in a fight for microchip supremacy. And China’s gaining ground. The US CHIP Act was hailed as a solution to the United States’ long term microchip fabrication problem wherein a lot of design of US microchips happen in the United States but manufacturing and packaging happen overseas. 81% of microchips are manufactured and...
When the robots take over we should point our fingers at Lee Kindell and his pizza making robots. Lee Kindell and his wife, Nancy Gambin, own Moto Pizza. A Seattle-based pizza shop with a 3-month wait. Lee Kindell started Moto Pizza as a path to retirement. He’d make hand tossed pizzas out of an 18th...
[Featured Image: A fan-made render of the rumored iPhone 15 Ultra (Image credit: 4RMD] Apple events used to be the hot tech ticket. With waning smartphone demand across the globe and evolutionary updates, iPhone announcements aren’t what they used to be. September 15th is Apple’s next iPhone event and you should expect more than new features...
The world is in a precarious geopolitical mess, and we live in an age where hegemonies can be a dangerous thing. Seemingly out of nowhere, Huawei shook the technology world with two announcements. Huawei Innovates Around Chip Act China and the US haven’t engaged in open warfare, but battling each other across cyberspace has been...
Researchers at King’s College in London have discovered a major blindspot in driverless car AI. Dr. Jie Zhang of King’s Department of Informatics tested eight pedestrian detection systems used in driverless cars and determined these systems fail to identify children and people of color more than white pedestrians. The researchers ran 8,000 images through the...
Humans are a ridiculous species. We’re inherently lazy and nonsensical. Occasionally, a human will step in and save us from ourselves. Most of the time, that human is a woman. Judge Beryl A Howell recently ruled works eligible for copyright require a human element. She ruled for the US Copyright Office in a suit brought...
I love a good deal. A bargain even. Your kids are back in school, and you don’t have to buy any more clothes and supplies. (At least until they’ve out grown the clothes you bought, and break all those shiny pencils) Now is the time to treat yourself a little. When the kiddies go back...
